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vákay worm, angleworm
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6416 | revised Sep 10 2010
vákay • N • worm, angleworm
Derivatives (4)
ahyupanachvákay "glow-worm"
amvavákay "salmon worm, larval stage of salmon beetle"
avahvákay "type of worm that blows on threads"
itharipvákay "Douglas fir worm"
Source: WB 1518, p.393; Shivshaneen, 1996, (3.5)
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payváhiim váa káan vúra su' úkrii,
vákay payváhiim vakay'ámtaapkunish,
yúxnaam su' úkrii.
Now she lives in there, she's a bug now, a gray bug, lives in the sand.Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text -
kachakâach mu'ápuroon kumáheesh hôoyva, ípahak utákararihva, sú' vákay úkrii.
You can see Blue Jay's 'devil machine' somewhere, it is hanging on a tree, there's a worm inside.Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text -
vákay kích kunikrítuv.
Only worms lay there.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text